from Bengals.com
A sampling.
On what changed him: “I don't think I really can say. Just I had to take a look at myself from outside myself. When I looked at myself, sometimes I kind of looked like a joke to myself. I guess it was a part of growing up and becoming who I am today. I just looked at it like one of you all might at me and be like, 'He wasn't mature.' I did do some things I shouldn't have done. I've taken responsibility for all those things and I'm just ready to move forward.”
On when he realized it: “When I read your articles.”
On the biggest thing he learned about himself: “Probably humility. Being humble. I don't want to say I was humble in the past all the time, I might have said some things to the media I shouldn't have said and things like that. He taught me to be humble. It's a humbling thing being humble.”
On being in better shape: “I did a lot more weight lifting, a lot more strength training and things like that. I weighed in today at 234 but it's a lot different from last year.”
On the difference between him last year and this year: “The mental part probably, I didn't know what to expect last year, I know what to expect coming back to the combine. The physical thing, I just took it a lot more serious than I did last year.”
On Ohio State: “
I love Ohio State. I've been a Buckeye, I'm going to
continue to be a Buckeye and continue to support 'em.”
